Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story ( Tsisperi mtebi anu daujerebeli ambavi )

Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story (DVD) (*)

$36.99

Original Title: Tsisperi mtebi anu daujerebeli ambavi
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Russian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Russian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Georgian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
91 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1983 and produced in:
Soviet Union ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Eldar Shengelaia

Written By:
Rezo Cheishvili

Actors:
Ramaz Giorgobiani ..... Soso
Vasil Kakhniashvili ..... Vaso
Teimuraz Chirgadze ..... Director
Ivane Sakvarelidze ..... Markscheider
Sesilia Takaishvili ..... Molare
Grigol Natsvlishvili ..... Irodioni
Vladimer Mezvrishvili ..... Grisha
Otar Guntsadze ..... Mgebavi
Darejan Sumbatashvili ..... Bella
Zeinab Botsvadze ..... Lali
Nino Tutberidze ..... Mdivani
Giorgi Chkhaidze ..... Shuqri
Mikheil Kikodze ..... Otari
Guram Lortkipanidze ..... Tengizi
Guram Petriashvili ..... Qmari

Synopsis:

1984. USSR. Directed and cowritten by Eldar Shengelaia. With Ramaz Giorgobiani, Vasil Kakhnishvili, Teimuraz Chirgadze, Ivan Sakvarelidze. An inspired satire by one of Georgia's leading directors, Blue Mountains is a disarming and cleverly precise critique of bureaucracy as stifling stasis, set in a publishing house in Tbilisi, where a writer and his manuscript submission are all but ignored as the employees, a colorful cast of characters, carry on with their private affairs and outside interests, oblivious to his needs. This deftly orchestrated study of an office environment is part Jacques Tati, part Ermanno Olmi, capturing nuanced situations with an eye for humor and timing.

Novelist Soso (Ramaz Giorgobiani) goes to his publishing house in an attempt to find someone interested in publishing his latest manuscript. The employees shuffle the author's manuscript around their office from person to person, but everyone seems to be too busy to actually read it. Soso ultimately discovers that the employees are so wrapped up in their responsibilities that not even a giant structural flaw in the building can get their attention.

An author - a passive young man - enters the Soviet-controlled bureaucracy of Georgia attempting to get his novel published only to be neglected and compartmentalized at every turn.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 26 October, 2015.

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